He was arrested on Hallowe'en in 2016 after the victim opened up to her mother. The girl said Heslop had asked her to keep a secret, which made her mother suspicious.

In December last year, Heslop admitted a raft of horrific crimes and was sentenced to 17 years for rape, 12 years each for the two charges of sexual assault by penetration and specimen count of assault by penetration, and five years each for the two charges of sexual assault and specimen count of sexual assault, all to run concurrently.

He has also been made subject of an indefinite restraining order and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Simon Crick

Simon Crick sexually abused a girl when she was under 13 and was jailed for 11 years.

The 41-year-old, of Tamar Close, St Ives, also admitted to attempting to rape his victim and taking indecent photos of her.

His horrific actions left the scared young girl feeling "sad, dirty and upset".

Sentencing him on April 11, a judge said he feared Crick's abuse would haunt his victim for the rest of her life.

Michael Bickerton

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Paedophile Michael Bickerton was jailed for eight years after travelling about 130 miles to Cambridgeshire in a bid to meet a child for sex.

Bickerton, of Minshall Street in Stoke-on-Trent, came to police's attention after using a website to chat to people, specifying on his profile that he liked ‘children from the age of eight years’.

After initially engaging in conversation over email, the 49-year-old swapped phone numbers with someone he had met on the site, and made plans to travel to St Neots with the intention of abusing a 10-year-old girl in August 2017.

He was jailed in May.

James McClennon

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Paedophile James McClennon drugged a child in Cambridgeshire and then raped her - but justice finally caught up with him thanks to his victim's courage.

James McClennon, 62, of Manor Close, Wittering, was found guilty of two counts of raping a child under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 at Peterborough Crown Court on May 15.

The 41-year-old, of Bisley Crescent, Upper Cambourne, was arrested in July 2016 after allegations were made of historical sexual abuse against the girl.

Officers were told how the victim was raped and sexually assaulted by Bishop over a number of years.

Bishop admitted five counts of sexual assault of a girl under 13, one count of rape of a girl under 13 and one count of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration.

On Thursday, June 21 he appeared at Cambridge Crown Court and was sentenced to three years for one count of sexual assault, five years each for the four other counts of sexual assault, 13 years and six months extended for five years on licence for rape and 11 years for the assault by penetration, all to run concurrently.

He has also been placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely and made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) indefinitely.

Kevin Myson

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A predator who befriended families to abuse young children was jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of sexually assaulting four children over a seven-year period.

Kevin Myson, 45, of The Homing in Cambridge, abused two boys and two girls between 1998 and 2005.

Myson was arrested in October 2016 following allegations of non-recent sexual abuse by the victims.

He denied 13 charges of indecent assault of a child, one of indecency with a child, one of rape of a child.

On May 21, after a two-week trial at Peterborough Crown Court, he was found not guilty of rape of a child and one of the indecent assault charges, but guilty of the remaining 15 offences.

Sazzad Miah

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A vile pensioner who sexually abused four girls, two from the age of four, was jailed for 18 years in June .

Sazzad Miah, 83, subjected his victims to 12 years of abuse and the historic assault of all the girls happened over 23 years.

The 83-year-old was arrested in October last year (2017) after police received a tip off.

Miah, who denied all the charges, was found guilty of 18 sexual offences after a 16-day trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

John Francis

John Francis abused the girl for years (Image: Cambridgeshire police)

A sick Cambridgeshire paedophile who sexually abused a young child over a seven-year period was jailed for eight years in November..

John Francis, of Stephen Road, Prestatyn, Wales, abused the girl between 2008 and 2015 in March, Cambridgeshire.